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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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Tuesday, April 25, 2000
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Thousands Attend Funeral of Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria
In Nigeria’s Niger Delta yesterday, thousands attended the funeral of Ogoni environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwa, who was executed by the Nigerian Government of Sani Abacha almost five years ago.
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Debate On Zimbabwe
Hundreds of Zimbabwean white farmers are expected to attend a memorial service today of a colleague who was shot dead 10 days ago in a land dispute between white farmers and Zimbabwean independence war veterans.
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Photographer of the Cuban Revolution: An Interview with Alberto Korda
There is perhaps no image of the revolution more universal than the caption of Che Guevara, the legendary Argentine guerrilla fighter, taken in March of 1960— the trademark cap with the star of the revolution on his head, his eyes gazing into the distance. In fact, except for the famous shot of Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grid, this particular photograph has been reproduced more than any other in history.
